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Exhibition "Gadget OK! Artworks and Gadgets from Japan" includes the whole series of gadgets by Maywa Denki, including YUREX that visitors can try. A wide variety of latest Japanese gadgets are also shown.
The exhibition is until Feb. 24 on the ground floor of Broad Art Center, UCLA.
This link has plenty of other photos of near objects. But get there, it's ending soon!
Exhibition "D|MA2 – Device |...
Exhibition “Gadget OK! Artworks and Gadgets from Japan” includes the whole series of gadgets by Maywa Denki, including YUREX that visitors can try. A wide variety of latest Japanese gadgets are also shown. The exhibition is until Feb. 24 on the ground floor of Broad Art Center, UCLA. This link has plenty of other photos of near objects. But get there, it’s ending soon! Exhibition “D|MA2 – Device | Machine Arts X Design | Media Arts” features works by young UCLA artists in “Device Art” style. The exhibition is a part of Gadget OK! and is open until March 4, at CNSI (California Nano Science Institute), UCLA.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art Show Rob Sato at GRSF February 13, 2010 – March 9, 2010 Reception: Saturday, February 13, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to present Junk History, a solo show featuring new works by Rob Sato. Los Angeles-based artist Rob Sato produces rich, detailed imagery, mixing scenes of stark horror, quiet beauty, and humor. His heavily yet subtly narrative paintings tend to walk in a tense space between the observed and imagined world, and the massive amount of back story evident in every image rewards long, hard looks. “Junk History will feature both the largest and the smallest paintings I’ve ever worked on. I’m working furiously to finish a few huge pieces by show time, there will be some prints of past favorites, and I’ve kept making a bunch of these tiny paintings that somewhat ape the look of slide film,” says Sato. “What comes out is an unexpected mass of paper machines which seem to work pretty well despite being a bit clunky and bound together with spit and string. Some of them crash pretty hard, but those only get shown if they crash hilariously.” Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent. A reception for the artist will be held from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, February 13. For more information about Sato, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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It's a small secret that I'm working on a secret project. It's a car! A few months ago, I was asked to design a car for Toyota Scion. I'm glad to do this project amidst the bad news of the venerable car company major recall which is throwing the car world into a whirlpool. That's a seat design pictured above. I won't tell you much about the car just yet, but the design is coming around. That's...
It’s a small secret that I’m working on a secret project. It’s a car! A few months ago, I was asked to design a car for Toyota Scion. I’m glad to do this project amidst the bad news of the venerable car company major recall which is throwing the car world into a whirlpool. That’s a seat design pictured above. I won’t tell you much about the car just yet, but the design is coming around. That’s Len, a dude who can pimp your ride. There’s a view of the shop. I visited them on Friday in Orange County. The car is still two months off, and not anywhere near what it’ll end up looking like just yet. It’s neat that an idea from a napkin can actually turn into a serious automobile. That’s Len near his tool area and explaining something with his hands. That’s a 1961 Honda. It’s not stock at all. See the gas tank and the seat? It’s all custom by Len. He can do cycles too. I don’t ride, but if I did, I’d want one of these.
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